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About the PRC

The Population Research Center is an interdisciplinary research unit of the University of Texas at Austin that provides support for population-related research projects at UT. Faculty researchers come from departments all across campus. Our researchers' projects focus primarily on health disparities, religion and health, children and families, education and transitions to adulthood, and the demography of Latin America and the US border.

News

PRC is accepting applications for two NICHD Postdoctoral positions

PRC will have two NICHD Postdoctoral positions starting September 2010

REU Student, Evangeleen Pattison, Awarded Best Undergraduate Paper at 2009 SDA Meeting

Evangeleen Pattison, 2009 REU student, received the award for best undergraduate paper at the annual meeting of the Southern Demographic Association (SDA), held recently in Galveston, Texas.

PRC Faculty Research Associate Awarded a Fulbright Fellowship

Dr. Kelley A. Crews (Geography & the Environment) has been awarded a Fulbright Faculty Fellowship for 2009–2010 for her project “The Ecology of Rural HIV/AIDS: Forecasting HIV/AIDS Vulnerable Landscapes and Populations in the Okavango Delta, Botswana.”

Socioeconomic Desegregation Alone is Not Effective in Improving Classroom Performance, Study Reveals

Although past research has linked academic achievement gains to socioeconomic desegregation in schools, a new analysis reveals some hidden academic and psychological risks of integrating low-income students in schools with predominantly middle- and upper-class student populations that might chip away at these achievement gains.

Events

Fri • Feb 12

Brown Bag - Tyson Brown

BUR 214
12:00 PM

Fri • Feb 19

Brown Bag - Guy Stecklov

BUR 214
12:00 PM

Fri • Feb 26

Brown Bag - Mignon R. Moore

BUR 214
12:00 PM

Fri • Feb 26

Arlitt Lecture-Esther Duflo

Avaya Auditorium ACE 2.302
3:30 PM

Fri • Mar 5

Brown Bag - Noreen Goldman

BUR 214
12:00 PM
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